Tag Archives: Planets

Nov30

Moon Memories – NanoPoblano 2023

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Moon Memories – NanoPoblano 2023

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midnight blue sky, black silhouetted picket fence, bright full moon

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They say the moon is made of cheese, but I don’t believe it any more.

Back when I was a kid, my dad built his own telescope. I loved watching him grind the lenses, taking a large white plumbing pipe, and putting it all together. He checked out books from the library to find out how to do it.

When it was finished, we took it outside on dark nights to gaze up at the stars, the planets, and the moon. The moon’s craters were beautifully shadowed against the bright reflective moon light.

My imagination went wild, thinking of other worlds in the universe. If I could just reach out there … touch them.

Visions filled me with wonder as I fell asleep.

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Another little fun memory about the telescope. I was in 4th grade at elementary school when my dad was building his telescope. Maybe I mentioned it to people, but I don’t remember if I did or not. One day I was called down to the principle’s office. I’d never been there before, and thought I might be in trouble for something. Anyway, I went. The principle (Mr. Pierce) just wanted me to tell him all about the telescope and how my dad made it. I guess he was interested in looking at the sky, too. I don’t know if he ever called my dad to ask about it, but I felt pretty special to have been asked to explain about it.

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This photo I took last night, looking out our back door. The moon was full and beautiful. The photo didn’t show how pretty it really was, of course. But, I’m glad I got to see it.

I think watching my dad make a telescope from scratch got me interested in sky watching forever more. I have a calling it seems, to look at the sky a lot, be it night or day. I’ve seen the rings of Saturn, and other planets through that telescope. I’ve seen comets, and the space station go by, and lots of falling stars. Daytime brings clouds, sun halos, and rainbows. I’m always looking for mysteries in the sky.

I have my own telescope now, and we’ve looked through it a lot of times. Still, it’s not as wonderful as that first time looking at the moon through my dad’s home built telescope.

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This is the final day of NanoPoblano 2023. I’ve enjoyed the challenge again this year, though I missed a few days. I think for me it might be better to have an actual theme next time, though.

Thanks to all who stopped by for a visit, left a like or a comment. I sure appreciate it.

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Mar14

Hope – Fandango’s Story Starter

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Hope – Fandango’s Story Starter

Fandango’s Story Starter #88

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Story starter prompt –

Things were different back in the day when …

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Things were different back in the day when we lived on Earth.

I barely remember it myself. I was just a little kid when we had to evacuate the planet. That was, oh … sixty years ago thereabouts. I’m 65 now, and I’ve seen a lot of changes.

Where I grew up we had green trees, blue oceans and lakes, fields of grain and people who farmed the land.

Then, the fluffy white clouds in the sky started to get thicker, and were not so white any more. It got difficult to breathe. The air was slowly being depleted.

Rogue experimental cities had begun to be settled on other habitable planets. It became a viable alternative to travel to these settlements, to  live and prosper again.

Oh, Earth is still there, still a planet. Some engineers and scientists live there, underground, and are dilligently working on cleaning up the air and water to make it livable again. I hope they do. Maybe, kids, your grand-children will be able to go to Earth, to repopulate a beautiful planet. It’s worth saving.

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Oct10

I Swear – Song Lyric Sunday – Outer Space

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I Swear – Song Lyric Sunday – Outer Space

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Our theme this week is ‘songs that mention ‘heavenly bodies, planets, moon, sun, stars ’

Thanks to Jim Adams for hosting this musical challenge each week.

To join in today’s challenge, and also see other entries just click this link below:

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This is a really nice song that I actually hadn’t heard until fairly recently. Seems it has been around for a long time though.

From a Wiki article:

“I Swear” is a song written by Gary Baker and Frank J. Myers that became a hit for American country music artist John Michael Montgomery in 1993 and for American R&B group All-4-One in 1994.

All-4-One’s version hit number one on numerous music charts, including the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, where it remained at number one for 11 consecutive weeks. It peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart, where it stayed for seven consecutive weeks.

I swear by the moon and the stars in the skies … ~ All 4 One

“I Swear”, by All 4 One, is a single from their album, “All 4 One “. It was released in 1994. It was written by Gary Baker and Frank J. Myers, and is on the Blitzz – Atlantic label.

Lyrics are on the video:

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